We must fall back on Christianity, which embraces man’s whole nature, and though not a code of philosophy, is something better; for it proposes to lead us through the trials and intricacies of life, not by the mere cool calculations … Continue reading →

They borrowed a bed to lay His head When Christ the Lord came down; They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass For Him to ride to town; But the crown that He wore and the cross that He bore … Continue reading →

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy. –Hamlet __________________ The citizen of the Canton of Uri was dangling just by the door. On the table there was a scrap of paper … Continue reading →

Now we can only wait till the day, wait and apportion our shame. These are the dykes our fathers left, but we would not look to the same. Time and again were we warned of the dykes, time and again … Continue reading →

Firmer he grasp’d the Cross of strife, Until the opposing bank he gain’d.— – Walter Scott In our beleaguered Western fortress we are not only closely infested from without but increasingly infested from within. To triumph we shall need all … Continue reading →

But ‘tis strange; And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence. -Banquo in Macbeth Let me begin with George Fitzhugh: We employ the … Continue reading →